處女

See also: 処女 and 处女

Chinese

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	female; woman; daughter
trad. (處女)		處	女
simp. (处女)		处	女

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǔnǚ, chùnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ, ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu² neoi⁵ / cyu⁵ neoi⁵ / cyu² neoi^5-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú-ńg / chhu-ńg
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhù-lú / chhìr-lír / chhù-lí / chhú-lú / chhú-lí / chhír-lír / chhí-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): cu³ neng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǔnǚ [Phonetic: chúnǚ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǔnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu³-nü³
  - Yale: chǔ-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuuneu
  - Palladius: чунюй (čunjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chùnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-nü³
  - Yale: chù-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuhneu
  - Palladius: чунюй (čunjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyu² neoi⁵ / cyu⁵ neoi⁵ / cyu² neoi^5-2
  - Yale: chyú néuih / chyúh néuih / chyú néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsy² noey⁵ / tsy⁵ noey⁵ / tsy² noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: qu² nêu⁵ / qu⁵ nêu⁵ / qu² nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/, /t͡sʰyː¹³ nɵy̯¹³/, /t͡sʰyː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú-ńg / chhu-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu` ng` / cu ng`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu³ ng³ / cu⁴ ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹ ŋ̍³¹/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ŋ̍³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuoluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-lír
  - Tâi-lô: tshìr-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuolie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tshú-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhwluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshú-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhwlie
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhír-lír
  - Tâi-lô: tshír-lír
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshí-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chylie
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cu³ neng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù nṳ́ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nɯŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

處女

female virgin; maiden

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 處女 (“female virgin; maiden”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		處女, 處子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	黃花女兒
	Taiwan	處女
	Harbin	黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女
	Singapore	處女
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	黃花幼女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褸𩬎妹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	處女, 黃花閨女
Gan	Nanchang	黃花閨女
Gan	Pingxiang	黃花女
Hakka	Meixian	黃花女
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	在室女
	Quanzhou	在室女
	Zhangzhou	在室女, 儂厝查某仔
	Tainan	在室女
	Singapore (Hokkien)	在室女
	Manila (Hokkien)	在室女
	Longyan	在室女
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	紅花女
	Leizhou	包紅, 家內女
Wu	Shanghai	黃花閨女
Wu	Suzhou	黃花閨女
Xiang	Changsha	紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子
Xiang	Loudi	黃花女

Coordinate terms

處男／处男 (chǔnán)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (處女):

→ Japanese: 処(しょ)女(じょ) (shojo)
→ Korean: 처녀(處女) (cheonyeo)

Adjective

處女

(attributive) initial; inaugural; virgin

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
處	女
しょ Hyōgai	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 處女 – see the following entry.

【処女しょじょ】

[noun] unmarried woman

[noun] female virgin (female who has not had sexual experience)

[noun] woman's virginity

[noun] (in compound words) one's first foray into; maiden

(This term, 處女, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
處	女

Noun

處女 • (cheonyeo) (hangeul 처녀)

Hanja form^? of 처녀 (“unmarried woman, virgin woman”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
處	女

Noun

處女

chữ Hán form of Xử Nữ (“Virgo”).